This story was first published by Amu TV.
Women in Uruzgan Province say they have been left without access to health care or female doctors, as poverty deepens and international support vanishes in one of Afghanistan’s most underserved regions.
Several women told Amu that they have no access to even basic medicine, despite urgent needs. Many say the closure of United Nations-supported health centers over the past year has made an already dire situation far worse.
Zargul, a local resident, shared prescriptions written for her more than a year ago by aid-supported medical teams — prescriptions she has still not been able to fill. “Now, there are no clinics operating near us,” she said. “If someone in our house gets sick, we go to the neighbor women to ask for help and medicine.”
Others echoed her concerns, saying that rising prices and a lack of services have pushed medical care beyond reach.
“No doctors, no medicine,” Uruzgan
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